I forgot to pack the roundballs - but the substitute worked

LME · Nov 14, 2024

Johnny Too-Tall said:
I decided to hunt with the 20 gauge fowler this am. I was in a rush and forgot to pack the bag of roundballs. I was looking through my truck for them and realized they were on the workbench at home 45 minutes away. I sat there angry as it was about to be daylight in 30 minutes. I decided to snack on some candy left over from Halloween. Then I seen it and got a cleaver Idea a jaw breaker is round and about the same size. I popped one out of package and yup close enough I loaded her up with the hard candy. Got to the stand and right after daylight a fat lone doe came out with no buck following at 30 yards. I cocked the hammer aimed and whammmo. She kicked up and fell over stone cold dead. The piece of round candy came apart inside the deer destroying the vitals but it worked. She was literally one "SWEET" tasting doe. Question is am I telling the truth or making up a story.

Its a joke! It say on the package the candy came in that it is a "Jaw Breaker" and not meant to be shot in the vitals but in the jaw! LOL!

2 shots · Nov 14, 2024

and you can smash it up with a rock to make shot. :doh:

morehops52 · Nov 14, 2024

I wouldn't be surprised if someone asks if you melt jawbreakers does it make a good patch lube :dunno:

Blitz · Nov 14, 2024

Daryl Crawford said:
Wouldn't the mass be all off, ergo point of impact all off?

shot was only 30 yds. what is your minute of deer spread ?
At 30 yd 6 in. will probably do.

Blitz

Eterry · Nov 15, 2024

Maybe with a mild load, If it held up I'd believe it, If it passed betwixt the ribs. I loaded some rock salt one time, it turned to dust about 5" from the muzzle and was worthless.

kyron4 · Nov 15, 2024

Go big or go home they say. Tally ho gents !

Loyalist Dave · Nov 15, 2024

Johnny Too-Tall said:
I decided to hunt with the 20 gauge fowler this am. I was in a rush and forgot to pack the bag of roundballs. I was looking through my truck for them and realized they were on the workbench at home 45 minutes away. I sat there angry as it was about to be daylight in 30 minutes. I decided to snack on some candy left over from Halloween. Then I seen it and got a cleaver Idea a jaw breaker is round and about the same size. I popped one out of package and yup close enough I loaded her up with the hard candy. Got to the stand and right after daylight a fat lone doe came out with no buck following at 30 yards. I cocked the hammer aimed and whammmo. She kicked up and fell over stone cold dead. The piece of round candy came apart inside the deer destroying the vitals but it worked. She was literally one "SWEET" tasting doe. Question is am I telling the truth or making up a story.

Flag on the play...,

The call is Balderdash. 5 yards and repeat the down.

ONE, the brittleness and lack of mass of the candy would cause it to be ineffective:
TWO, by writing, "Question is am I telling the truth or making up a story?" you are giving away that you're making up the story,
THREE, no photo of the deer taken with the jaw breaker in the original story, and providing one now could be easily done by simply copying the photo of any downed deer.

LD

Dusty_Traveler · Nov 15, 2024

Sounds like a mythbusters moment perfectly suited for @B P Maniac Shooter.

Newly O’Brian · Nov 15, 2024

Don't give California any idea on new NO-TOXIC projectiles!

Banjoman · Nov 15, 2024

Let’s ask BP Maniac to test it!

Johnny Too-Tall · Nov 15, 2024

Banjoman said:
Let’s ask BP Maniac to test it!

I have asked him already and he said he will most likely do it. @B P Maniac Shooter

Whitworth · Nov 15, 2024

Now if it was solid "sour ball" I might believe it but 30 yards with a hollow jaw breaker is blowing bubbles IMHO. Something to think about trying with the .69 smoothbore next time I get it out.

Butch Martin · Nov 15, 2024

Johnny Too-Tall said:
Me me me

Yeah, who on earth would eat a jaw breaker when there are so many sour grapes around.

stank · Nov 15, 2024

Sounds reasonable to me. It was round.

Newly O’Brian · Nov 15, 2024

I would think, it's like getting hit with a pip-pong ball...no real mass

Jay Templin · Nov 15, 2024

Gtrubicon said:
Was the deer a diabetic?

Well, the sugar killed her…

sportster73hp · Nov 15, 2024

10 or 20 yards maybe, there isnt enough energy for a clean kill at 30.

tenngun · Nov 15, 2024

Well I know it’s a true story,
And by God I’ll be telling it with as the hero in a year or two

B P Maniac Shooter · Nov 15, 2024

Dusty_Traveler said:
Sounds like a mythbusters moment perfectly suited for @B P Maniac Shooter.

Already getting that video in motion.
Looking for smaller jaw breakers or other hard candy now...

sportster73hp · Nov 15, 2024

B P Maniac Shooter said:
Already getting that video in motion.
Looking for smaller jaw breakers or other hard candy now...

Maybe a bigger gun

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